SC - Decline of Quinces

[LrdRas]

In a message dated 1/19/98 8:55:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,
alysk at ix.netcom.com writes:

<< I had 
 run across a number of marmelades made with fruit _other_ than quinces, 
 though those were in the late 1600s.  So, somewhere along the way, the 
 main ingredient changed. >>

According to Waverly Root, the decline in the use of quinces as a food item
occured at the same time cane sugar became more widely available. It seems
that with the acguisition of a sweet tooth the sour quince went to the
wayside.

Ras
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